A Traveller’s Eye, A Thinker’s Heart
I like to tell stories. I like to take photos.
And I like to share them. Enjoy.
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THE GIRL ON THE BIKE
It was dusk and Christmas Eve so I went out of the house for a stroll in the street. I was standing at a wall watching some boys play cricket in the fading light. A man and his granddaughter were also watching and I greeted him. After a while it was too dark for cricket…
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THE SEAMSTRESS OF GUDUR
Our Indian relatives have a strong tradition of giving gifts of clothes to visitors. As a result we have all received wonderful gifts we can wear. They didn’t quite get the size right for Padma however. No problem as just down the road lived a seamstress. We entered a dark alley lined with tiny closet-sized…
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KAVALI TO GUDUR
Joseph got some first hand experience with the dangers of travel in India when we travelled from Kavali to Gudur. We were running late and Joseph needed to be back to Gudur by 4.30 for his sitar lesson. Cousin Joshua was riding in a separate car and was about to leave so Joe grabbed a…
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CHEBROLU
On this trip, we never know what the family has in store for us. We just move when we’re told to move and eat when we’re told to eat. After we visited the cemetery I assumed we would head home but we started heading out of the city. I asked Sampath what’s going on and…
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A WEDDING IN KAKINADA
Padma and I jumped out of bed at 7.30 as we were told a car would drop by at 9.30 to pick us up and take us to the wedding. Lots to do to get organised. But we must have been so exhausted that we had forgotten we were in India. It was more like…
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A CHANGE OF PLANS
You always need a contingency plan when you travel in India. Our plan was to arrive in mid-morning and check into a comfortable airport hotel and just recover from the flights. The next morning we were to catch an early morning flight to Kakinada via Hyderabad and have a relaxing afternoon to rest prior to…
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CANCELLED!
Today was supposed to be a fairly relaxing day with minimal travel. A day of rest prior to the wedding. All started out fine but the tide quickly changed when we arrived at the airport. We checked into our flight and the attendant acted as if all was fine and on time. When we arrived…
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Chennai.
Nothing beats the joyous atmosphere of an airport reunion and all of the elements were in place as we made our first steps into the hustle and bustle of Chennai. Padma’s cousins, Ravi and Minny from Gudur and Usha and Santosh from Chennai were waiting for us as we finally left the airport and took…
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HITCHHIKING TO THE MORRAINES
FIVE-DAY BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – DAY 5Kettle Morraine State Park, Wisconsin – 1978Scanned from Kodak Plus-X negative film To conclude this B/W photo challenge, I’m going to go back to one of the first rolls of black and white film I ever shot. You may think that I’ve got an incredible memory to…
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